Hacktivist group suspends bank attacks

Computerworld Security: January 30, 2013
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Hacktivist group suspends bank attacks

A group claiming responsibility for a string of cyberattacks against several
major U.S. banks over the past four months today said that it has suspended its
campaign in response to YouTube's apparent removal of a controversial
anti-Muslim video.
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Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Darlene Storm: Unplug Universal Plug and Play: About 50 million devices may be vulnerable to attacks
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2. Ruby on Rails receives third security patch in less than a month
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3. UPnP flaws expose tens of millions of networked devices to remote attacks, researchers say
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4. Review: KeePass makes strong passwords and keeps them safe
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Darlene Storm: Unplug Universal Plug and Play: About 50 million devices may be vulnerable to attacks


Rapid7 researchers warn that about "40-50 million network-enabled devices are
at risk due to vulnerabilities found in the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
protocol." Rapid7 has released a whitepaper regarding these vulnerabilities,
three lists of vulnerable products, a free ScanNow tool and a Metasploit module.
CERT also issued a UPnP vulnerablity note with solutions, including: "Consider
disabling UPnP on the device if it is not absolutely necessary."
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Ruby on Rails receives third security patch in less than a month

Developers of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework released versions
3.0.20 and 2.3.16 of the software on Monday in order to address a critical
remote code execution vulnerability.
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cost-effective, productive, and efficient enterprise.

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UPnP flaws expose tens of millions of networked devices to remote attacks, researchers say

Tens of millions of network-enabled devices including routers, printers, media
servers, IP cameras, smart TVs and more can be attacked over the Internet
because of dangerous flaws in their implementation of the UPnP (Universal Plug
and Play) protocol standard, security researchers from Rapid7 said Tuesday in a
research paper.
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Review: KeePass makes strong passwords and keeps them safe

If you adopt just one security tool this year, make it KeePass. This free and
open-source password manager is available for Windows, with unofficial ports for
iOS, Android, Linux, and Mac OS X. A secure, lengthy, completely random password
goes a long way towards improving your security--and having a separate password
for each and every website and service you use is the single most important
thing you can do to keep secure.
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